Wedding Planning
Ah, the pleasures and pains of wedding planning. I’m writing this now approximately 6 months into our engagement, and I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with everything we’ve accomplished. It was a little rough in the beginning, but once the “big” decisions were made it’s been all downhill from there. Deciding on the location and the guest list were easily the two hardest parts of this ongoing process so far. And of course, the decisions go hand and hand. You have to decide on a location that will allow you to invite all the guests you want and still keep costs on budget. Speaking of budget, I definitely would like to thank Ashley’s parents for the budget that have given us to plan the wedding. They have been very gracious.
With the two biggest decisions taken care of, the rest of the planning has been coming together just fine. We have our minister, caterer, photographer, DJ and music, and florist. Ashley has bought her wedding dress and accessories. She’s decided on the bridesmaid dresses as well. I have already my tux and groomsmen tuxes picked out as well. We’ve decided that we are going to take a cruise for our honeymoon and will be booking a cabin next month. Both of our wedding bands have been picked out and we are currently saving for their purchase. There’s really not much else to do. Just a few lose ends with invitations, cake and gifts. We also have to update our registry because some of the items we selected are out of season now. Other than that though, there’s not much left.
Location: Case Feliz
Caterer: Arthur’s Catering
Photographer: Cory Callahan
DJ: Tagas
Florist: Flowers by Lesley
Housewarming/Engagement Party
Back at the end of May - I apologize that it has taken over a month to write this post - we had a Housewarming/Engagment Party. We really hadn’t had anyone over to the new house to celebrate us buying it nor had be done any celebration for our engagement, so we decided to just have a dual-function party. Our great friends Nichole, Navid & Nina, as well as my brother Matt, put together the hole party, while we simply provided the location. They did a fantastic job and we are so thankful to them. There was food and games and lots of laughs!! Navid put together a little “How Well Do You Know Him/Her?” game. He had Ashley answer a questionare about me, and vice versa, and then everyone else - guys vs girls - if we had answered the questions correctly. That was a pretty fun game. Though the guys won, Ashley had answered more questions correct than I had. I guess I have a lot more I need to “remember”. The rest of the evening, though, would have gone a little differently if the Orlando Magic and Detriot Red Wings hadn’t been playing playoff games. Once the games started, everyone’s attention was focus on there. You can’t really complain - both teams won!!
Definitely want to thank everyone who attended and for the gifts. And a special thanks to Nichole, Navid, Nina and Matt for putting everything together. You guys a blessing and Ashley and I really appreciated it. Below are some pictures from the party:
